A Gift of Two Ounces

If you came here looking for a before/after picture of my winter feet, sorry to disappoint.  This post is to trumpet the accomplishment of one Heather Aunspach (although granted, my new soft heels will certainly help the cause). I simply don't want to revisit this post and see only the jagged remnants of lavender nail polish that remain in the middle of my big toes from some long-forgotten painting session of last fall.

This is my pretty friend Heather!  She is one of a kind.  She has provident living down.  She is a domestic expert…knowing exactly what to do with unsprouted wheat, uses every item in her Bountiful Basket every week, preserves and cans and stores with precision.  In several ways over the years, she and I have crossed paths, including church programs such as visiting teaching, as well as our boys attending preschool and swim lessons at the local YMCA together.

For Christmas 2014, she made lotion bars to give out. Made lotion bars, folks. I received one as a gift, then Heather forgot that she had given me one, and I scored another!  Hehehe.

Heather used three ingredients.  Three!  She used zero scents or coloring in her bars.  My foodie nose, however, believes there is a hint of anise (said with a pretentious air). 

I have used the bar on my feet and heels every day for about a week and a half.  I have spent a lot of money at Bath and Body Works and Avon over the years (so, not a huge or expensive albeit a long quest) on cracked heel products as I inherited my dad's heels.  I have no earthly idea what Heather's three ingredients cost, although she did have to special order them, as no local store carries them.  

Notwithstanding, this product is head and shoulders above anything I have tried. And I got it for free.  From my friend. 

One of the best parts?  She didn't want to clean the pot in which she made the batch. So she brewed it up in a #10 can and then threw the can away!  Ha, ha!  Genius!

This is what it looks like: 

It is a simple 2 oz disposable plastic jar with lid. And this is what it looks like when you pop it out to use it:

(Yep, and also showing off my mani by my new pal Amanda Johnson)

On another note: Heather has also created, designed, and developed a line of superhero-themed weighted compression belts for kiddos with autism and other sensory processing disorders.  Told you she was one of a kind!  Check out her Etsy shop, ShesMakingSense here.